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Happy? Sad? Breastfeeding May Affect Babies' Awareness of Social Cues

Breastfeeding might affect the way babies with a certain genetic makeup perceive other people's emotions, according to a new study. In the study, researchers looked at the relationship between being breastfed and perceiving emotions in 49 female and 49 male 7-month-old infants. The babies were shown photos of faces whose...

Board Game Pieces Found in Settlement Built on Roman Military Fort

The remnants of ancient water wells, pearls and hairpins are proof that a group of villagers set up a settlement on top of a military fort in ancient Roman times. About 1,900 years ago, a group of Roman soldiers lived in a fort in what is now Gernsheim, a German...

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Why Being Tall and Slim Sometimes Go Hand in Hand
Why Being Tall and Slim Sometimes Go Hand in Hand
Long and lean isn't just a catchy phrase — new research shows there may be a genetic link between being tall and being slim. The findings could help explain why people from Scandinavian countries such as Sweden and Norway have a reputation for being both tall and slender, the researchers...
Many Injuries in California's 2014 Quake Occurred During Cleanup
Many Injuries in California's 2014 Quake Occurred During Cleanup
Many of the people who were injured from the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Napa, California, last year were actually hurt during the cleanup effort, after the quake was over, according to a new study. The earthquake — which was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years —...
Why Diet Soda Could Sink Your Diet
Why Diet Soda Could Sink Your Diet
Drinking diet soda may go hand in hand with indulging in extra helpings of sugar- and fat-laden foods like cookies or french fries, a new study suggests. Researchers found that on the days that the people in the study drank diet or sugar-free drinks, they consumed about 49 more calories...
Medical Research Subjects Who Lie Can Mess Up Study Results
Medical Research Subjects Who Lie Can Mess Up Study Results
People who lie about their health in order to get into medical research studies can mess up study results, and potentially make drugs appear more safe or effective than they really are — or less so, researchers say. Some people may stretch the truth, or outright lie, because they want...
Meat May Not Be So Bad for You After All (But There's a Catch)
Meat May Not Be So Bad for You After All (But There's a Catch)
Although a vegetarian diet has many health benefits, eating meat may not be so terrible for you either, as long as you include plenty of vegetables, too, according to a new study. In the study, the researchers looked at how different diets affected the types of bacteria in people's guts,...
Apple Watch Credited with Saving Life: What Conditions Can It Detect?
Apple Watch Credited with Saving Life: What Conditions Can It Detect?
A Massachusetts teen says the Apple Watch saved his life, by alerting him that his heart rate was much higher than normal, leading to a diagnosis of a life-threatening condition. Experts say the gadget — and similar devices — could potentially detect alterations in people's heart rates that might be...
Fish Jaw in the Eye: Beachgoer Leaves with Odd Malady
Fish Jaw in the Eye: Beachgoer Leaves with Odd Malady
A tourist to the Red Sea left with an unwanted souvenir: a pair of fish jaws embedded in his eyelid, according to a new report of the case. The 52-year-old man went swimming at a beach on the Red Sea, an inlet of the Indian Ocean that sits between Africa...
Passing Quantum Secrets: The Next Level Beyond Quantum Computing
Passing Quantum Secrets: The Next Level Beyond Quantum Computing
This article was originally published on The Conversation. The publication contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The one thing everyone knows about quantum mechanics is its legendary weirdness, in which the basic tenets of the world it describes seem alien to the world we live...

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